{"id":2532512,"date":"2026-01-11T10:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-rips-idiotic-vance-defense-of-minneapolis-ice-shooting\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T10:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:31:32","slug":"shapiro-rips-idiotic-vance-defense-of-minneapolis-ice-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-rips-idiotic-vance-defense-of-minneapolis-ice-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Shapiro rips &#8216;idiotic&#8217; Vance defense of Minneapolis ICE shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshapiro-rips-idiotic-vance-defense-of-minneapolis-ice-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2532512&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pennsylvania gov. Josh Shapiro sharply criticized Vice President JD Vance for defending an ICE officer involved in a Minneapolis shooting that killed 37-year-old Renee Good.Vance, speaking at a White House briefing, said he was unhappy about the death but also characterized Good as &#8220;violating the law&#8221; by interfering with law enforcement. Shapiro called Vance &#8220;absolutely wrong,&#8221; accused him of &#8220;idiotic gaslighting,&#8221; and said Vance was acting to curry favor with Donald Trump rather than pursuing truth or community safety. Shapiro urged a thorough investigation and full transparency so the Minneapolis community can have the evidence needed to rebuild trust. The article also notes both men are discussed as potential future presidential contenders and that Shapiro, a former Pennsylvania attorney general, recently launched his reelection campaign.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Shapiro says Vance defense of Minneapolis ICE shooting makes community &lsquo;less safe&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2467271\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3925047\/politicians-books-before-2026-midterm-elections\/\">Josh Shapiro<\/a> (D-PA) took shots at Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4411680\/vance-announces-new-assistant-attorney-general-position-fraud\/\">JD Vance<\/a> over his reaction to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4412770\/minneapolis-mayor-calls-vances-declaration-absolute-immunity-ice-officer-bizarre\/\">the Minneapolis shooting<\/a> involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, saying Vance is &ldquo;absolutely wrong&rdquo; with his approach to it.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4412378\/vance-defends-immigration-enforcement-ice-shooting\/\">Vance defended the ICE officer while speaking at a White House press briefing<\/a> on Thursday, saying he is unhappy the shooting victim, identified as 37-year-old Renee Good, was killed but is also unhappy she was &ldquo;violating the law by interfering with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-cheers-as-homeless-group-seizes-hotel-near-tacoma-city-leaders-negotiating-with-group-as-police-refuse-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Far Left Cheers As Homeless Group Seizes Hotel Near Tacoma; City Leaders Negotiating With Group As Police Refuse To Intervene\">law enforcement action<\/a>.&rdquo; Shapiro described Vance&rsquo;s interaction with the press, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >vice president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s criticism of the press&rsquo;s coverage of the shooting, as &ldquo;another example&rdquo; of Vance having &ldquo;absolutely no core.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4413822\/new-law-restrict-homeless-las-vegas-strip\/\">New <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-law-restricts-homeless-people-on-las-vegas-strip\/\" title=\"New ... restricts homeless people on Las Vegas Strip\">law restricts homeless people<\/a> on Las Vegas Strip<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4413768\/six-killed-in-mississippi-suspect-charged-with-murder\/\">Six killed in Mississippi, suspect charged with murder<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4413414\/dc-council-calls-on-bowser-and-mpd-to-sever-ties-with-ice-after-fatal-minneapolis-shooting\/\">DC Council calls on Bowser and MPD to sever ties with ICE after fatal Minneapolis shooting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4410450\/four-takeaways-house-oversight-minnesota-fraud-hearing\/\">FOUR TAKEAWAYS FROM HOUSE OVERSIGHT&rsquo;S HEATED MINNESOTA FRAUD HEARING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That guy is profoundly and pathetically a weak human being, and he does whatever he thinks his boss wants him to do, whatever he thinks will curry him favor that day with Donald Trump. And he&rsquo;s also just absolutely wrong on how he&rsquo;s approaching this situation of keeping people safe in Minnesota,&rdquo; Shapiro said Friday in an interview with <em>MeidasTouch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YpEe1eBQBsE?si=U7mCv4I97iljsQc2&amp;start=490\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Shapiro added that there should be a &ldquo;thorough investigation&rdquo; into the shooting rather than Vance&rsquo;s &ldquo;idiotic gaslighting.&rdquo; The governor cited how he used to be Pennsylvania&rsquo;s attorney general and he would seek to &ldquo;calm tensions&rdquo; in communities where law enforcement shootings occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro also said the truth ought to be provided with &ldquo;all of the evidence&rdquo; to the Minneapolis community.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The only way that you&rsquo;re going to restore faith and trust in the community is by making sure the community has the truth of what really occurred, and JD Vance did his job on behalf of Donald Trump yesterday, which was to block the truth from coming out. To make a community less safe instead of trying to create more safety and security in that area,&rdquo; Shapiro said.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/4413057\/reelection-launch-shapiro-admits-violent-attack-almost-drove-him-from-race\/\"><strong>IN REELECTION LAUNCH, JOSH SHAPIRO ADMITS VIOLENT ATTACK ALMOST DROVE HIM FROM RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shapiro was elected governor of Pennsylvania after <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4412158\/shapiro-reelection-pennsylvania-governor-gop-challenge\/\">winning the 2022 gubernatorial election by 15%<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4410953\/josh-shapiro-reelection-campaign-pennsylvania-governor\/\">announced his reelection bid for this November<\/a> on Thursday. The governor is also speculated to be a possible candidate for the Democratic Party&rsquo;s presidential nomination in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4407567\/trump-venezuela-intervention-2028-debate-rubio-vance\/\">2028<\/a> after making former Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s short list for 2024 running mates.<\/p>\n<p>Vance, too, is speculated to be a presidential candidate for his party&rsquo;s primary in the 2028 election. While he hasn&rsquo;t clarified if he has these ambitions, it didn&rsquo;t stop <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3927081\/erika-kirk-vance-president-2028-americafest\/\">Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk from giving her endorsement to him<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shapiro: Vance&#8217;s ICE shooting defense harms safety<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2532513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-collage-7mli53mpt-1768138307552-e1768144015432.jpg?1768126018&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34595,49347,35138,70435,36160],"class_list":["post-2532512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ben-shapiro","tag-immigration-enforcement","tag-j-d-vance","tag-minneapolis-ice-shooting","tag-political-controversy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-collage-7mli53mpt-1768138307552-e1768144015432.jpg?1768126018&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2532512"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2532516,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532512\/revisions\/2532516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2532513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2532512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2532512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2532512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}